9 Oute of the erthe cam the erthe Wantynge his garnament, To hide the erthe, to lappe the erthe, To hym was clothing y-lent. 40
10 Now goth the erthe apon erthe Disgesily ragged and to-rent, Therfore schal erthe vnder erthe Suffer ful grete turment. 44
11 Whi that erþe loueþ erthe Wonder y may thinke, Or whi that erthe for the erthe Unresonably swete wol or swynke, 48
12 Ffor whanne erthe vnder erthe [fol. 33, v^o.] Is brouȝte withynne brynke, Thanne schal erthe of the erthe Haue an oribyll stynke. 52
13 Yif erthe wold of erthe Thus hartily haue thynkynge, And how erthe out of erthe Shal at last haue risynge, 56
14 Thanne schal erthe for erthe Yelde riht streite rekenynge, Thanne schuld [erthe] for erthe Neuer mys-plese heuene kynge. 60
15 Thow wrecchid erthe þ{ a}t thus for erthe Trauelist nyht and day To florische the erthe, to paynte the erthe With thi wanton array, 64
16 Yit schalt thou erthe for alle thi erthe, Make thou neuer so gay, Ffor thi erthe in to erthe Clynge as clotte in clay. 68
17 Thinke now erthe how thou in erthe Goist euer in dethis[2] grace, And thanne thou erthe for the erthe Shalt neuer stryue ne race. 72
18 Bute for thou erthe with thi erthe [fol. 34, r^o.] Hauntist enuye and hate, Therefor schal erthe for erthe Be excludid from heuene gate. 76
19 Ffowle erthe whi louyst thou erthe That is thi dedly foo, And bildist on erthe As thou schuldist dwelle euer moo? 80
20 But thou erthe forsake the erthe, Or that thou hennys goo, Vnder erthe for lust of erthe Thou schalt haue sorow and woo. 84
21 Whiles erthe may in erthe To festis and to drynkis gon, Til the be made frome the erthe As bare as any bon. 88
22 Thanne if erthe comyth to erthe Makyng sorow and mone, Thanne saith erthe to the erthe, ‘Thou were a felow, but now art thou none’. 92
23 Thus the erthe queytith the erthe That doith to him seruyse, Or tristyn on erthe, or plese the erthe In any maner wise. 96
24 Therfor thou erthe be ware of erthe [fol. 34, v^o.] And thou the wele auyse, Lest thou erthe p{ er}ische for erthe By-fore the hihe iustyse. 100
25 Ffor the erthe was made of erthe At the first begynnynge, That erthe schuld labour the erthe In trowthe and sore swynkynge; 104
26 But now erthe lyueth in erthe With falshode and begilynge, Therfor schal erthe for erthe Be punsched in payne euerlastynge. 108